Jewish tradition values personal modesty and meaningful inner growth that is not displayed for public attention. Such conduct ...

When Bilam stands before Balak, the air is thick with expectation. Altars are prepared, smoke rises, and the king waits to ...

Chukat is the saddest parasha in the entire Torah. And Parashat Balak contains a fascinating and unusual story that ...

Rabbi Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin writes that the names of the parshiot speak to the heart of the parsha’s message just as names do. Therefore, there is significance in the names of parshiot and in names ...

Gemini image for Balak in style of Chagall. I am very proud to have my daughter be a “guest” writer this week. Avigail, is ...

Something about the Jew elicits the worst fears in humanity and the approach of a nation wearied by a 40-year desert journey is extraordinarily alarming to the powerful monarch Balak. Parshat Balak ...

His courage and self-sacrifice reflected the same message embodied by Chukim: that a Jew’s commitment to Torah and mitzvos is ...

There is a clear parallel between Balak and events in the Book of Exodus. In both narratives, kings (Pharaoh of Egypt and Balak of Moab), alarmed about the success of the Jewish People, conspire to ...